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From: Tom MacIntyre
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 00:00

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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:09:07 GMT, "Kmart" <lchan@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>Hi all, thanks for reading this message.
>I just use DOS to format my harddisk(3G) and install win98, but it just only
>can recongize 500MB only, I think is something related with DOS(since the
>limit is 500MB), but how can I read my harddrive correctly???
>Thanks all
>lchan@sympatico.ca
>
>
To get past 500M, you need to enable LBA in the HDD configuration in
the CMOS. If LBA isn't supported, you need to get some translation
software to allow it. To get past 2G, you need to say yes to large
disk support when you partition the drive with FDISK.

Tom

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From: tmacinty@ns.sympatico.ca (Tom MacIntyre)
Subject: Re: capacity question, need help
Date: 2000/02/23
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